English 4AE Senior Project Homework Week of September 10Monday -- Day in library, evaluate resources -- Access Handouts through GoogleDrive here HW: Complete community obligations exercise (Access Harvard Justice video here)Tuesday -- Share community obligations thoughts, get The Visit HW: Study for vocabulary quiz Wednesday -- VOCABULARY/ALLUSIONS QUIZ, subtext activity
First two weeks (9/1-9/7) -- Handouts: If you need any of these, please see or email Miss Hirshfield!
Personal interests survey
3 Paragraphs about you (Why Am I Here?)
Personal interests grid
The Visit vocabulary/allusions
Syllabus
Community Unit overview
Community Unit prewrite
Community Obligations handout
Week of January 16Monday -- no school!Tuesday -- Work on "To Be" creative assignmentWednesday -- Work on "To Be" creative assignmentThursday -- "To Be" Creative assignment due! Week of January 9Monday -- Read 2.2 -- Soliloquy handoutTuesday -- 3.1, first half questionsWednesday -- 3.1 Nunnery Performance PrepThursday -- Work on annotated bibliographies, "To Be"Friday -- Annotated Bibliographies and "To Be" due Tuesday (no school Monday) Week of January 3Monday -- No School!Tuesday -- Read 2.1 of Hamlet, answer given questions about Polonius' character, supported by quotationsWednesday -- Read the first half of 2.2, and complete the given handoutThursday -- Finish 2.2, complete the given handout December [See me if you need any work from this month] Week of November 21Monday -- Work on review passagesTuesday -- finish review passagesWednesday -- Study for test!Thursday -- Basic research on Jainism to prepare for guest speaker! Week of November 14Monday -- Read chapters 3-4 of Siddhartha, complete notes
Tuesday -- Read chapters 5-6 of Siddhartha, complete notes
Wednesday -- Read chapters 7-8 of Siddhartha, complete notes
Thursday -- Read chapters 9-10, complete notes
Friday -- Read chapters 11-12, complete notes Week of November 7Monday -- Prepare Q for guest speakerTuesday -- noneWednesday -- noneThursday -- read chapters 1-2 of Siddhartha Week of October 31Monday -- surprise snow day!Tuesday -- not-surprise day off for students!Wednesday -- Read the "Field Stories" (In the Field, Good Form, Field Trip) and complete the handout, if you have not already! (due to surprise snow day)Thursday -- Make final edits to your paper, because it is finally DUE! (Paper is due tomorrow -- Friday)Friday -- Read "On the Rainy River"
Week of October 24Monday -- finish draft of paper for The Visit (5 points off final copy if no draft submitted)
"As in any argumentative paper, your thesis statement will convey the gist of your argument [...]. But in a compare-and-contrast, the thesis depends on how the two things you've chosen to compare actually relate to one another. Do they extend, corroborate, complicate, contradict, correct, or debate one another?"
Tuesday -- Begin Things They Carried; read "The Things They Carried"Wednesday -- Prep Socratic on "Speaking of Courage" -- actively read the passage, and consider questions on the backside of the handout!Thursday -- Finish "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"Friday -- Read "Field Stories," complete reading guide -- due WEDNESDAY Week of October 17Monday -- Select Paper topicTuesday -- Bring in resource for paperWednesday -- work on paperThursday -- Bring two "pieces" to classFriday -- continue working on paper -- draft due Tuesday
Rubric (slight changes will be made to suit the purpose of our assignment -- this will be available ASAP)
Week of October 10Tuesday-Wednesday -- Gandhi reading (from Hind Swaraj)Thursday -- Relevance of The Visit paragraphFriday -- post resource to GoogleDoc Week of October 2Monday -- Read through page 81 of The VisitTuesday -- Finish The VisitWednesday -- The Visit Review QuestionsThursday -- continue researchFriday -- Nonviolence readings: Actively read, thinking about what you agree/disagree with, questions you have, and application to both The Visit and life.
Week of September 26Tuesday -- Finish Act 2 for FridayWednesday -- No HW! (Holiday)Friday -- study for spelling quiz; Complete topic declaration (and add your topic to the chart on GoogleDocs)AB spelling list.doc
Week of September 19Monday -- Discuss Community in two places (due Tuesday!):
On wiki -- Thoughts on Community EQs Wiki -- NOTE: I recently discovered that you have to click JOIN in the top right corner in order to edit the page. This is apparently to protect our site, so when it goes viral and is popular all over the world, only select members can edit the page. Thanks :)
Tuesday -- Work on Senior Essay Wednesday -- Work on Senior Essay Thursday -- Senior Essay due!
Week 3: September 12Monday Night -- work on Senior reflective essayTuesday Night -- Senior reflective essay due! / Community brainstormWednesday Night -- Senior reflective essay due! / Community brainstorm
On wiki -- Thoughts on Community EQs Wiki -- NOTE: I recently discovered that you have to click JOIN in the top right corner in order to edit the page. This is apparently to protect our site, so when it goes viral and is popular all over the world, only select members can edit the page. Thanks :)
Week of September 10Monday -- Day in library, evaluate resources -- Access Handouts through GoogleDrive here HW: Complete community obligations exercise (Access Harvard Justice video here)Tuesday -- Share community obligations thoughts, get The Visit HW: Study for vocabulary quiz Wednesday -- VOCABULARY/ALLUSIONS QUIZ, subtext activity
First two weeks (9/1-9/7) -- Handouts:
If you need any of these, please see or email Miss Hirshfield!
Week of January 16Monday -- no school!Tuesday -- Work on "To Be" creative assignmentWednesday -- Work on "To Be" creative assignmentThursday -- "To Be" Creative assignment due!
Week of January 9Monday -- Read 2.2 -- Soliloquy handoutTuesday -- 3.1, first half questionsWednesday -- 3.1 Nunnery Performance PrepThursday -- Work on annotated bibliographies, "To Be"Friday -- Annotated Bibliographies and "To Be" due Tuesday (no school Monday)
Week of January 3Monday -- No School!Tuesday -- Read 2.1 of Hamlet, answer given questions about Polonius' character, supported by quotationsWednesday -- Read the first half of 2.2, and complete the given handoutThursday -- Finish 2.2, complete the given handout
December [See me if you need any work from this month]
Week of November 21Monday -- Work on review passagesTuesday -- finish review passagesWednesday -- Study for test!Thursday -- Basic research on Jainism to prepare for guest speaker!
Week of November 14Monday -- Read chapters 3-4 of Siddhartha, complete notes
Tuesday -- Read chapters 5-6 of Siddhartha, complete notes
Wednesday -- Read chapters 7-8 of Siddhartha, complete notes
Thursday -- Read chapters 9-10, complete notes
Friday -- Read chapters 11-12, complete notes
Week of November 7Monday -- Prepare Q for guest speakerTuesday -- noneWednesday -- noneThursday -- read chapters 1-2 of Siddhartha
Week of October 31Monday -- surprise snow day!Tuesday -- not-surprise day off for students!Wednesday -- Read the "Field Stories" (In the Field, Good Form, Field Trip) and complete the handout, if you have not already! (due to surprise snow day)Thursday -- Make final edits to your paper, because it is finally DUE! (Paper is due tomorrow -- Friday)Friday -- Read "On the Rainy River"
Week of October 24Monday -- finish draft of paper for The Visit (5 points off final copy if no draft submitted)
- MLA Format handout
- Synonyms for words commonly used in student writing
- Help for Comparing and Contrasting-- Excerpt below
- "As in any argumentative paper, your thesis statement will convey the gist of your argument [...]. But in a compare-and-contrast, the thesis depends on how the two things you've chosen to compare actually relate to one another. Do they extend, corroborate, complicate, contradict, correct, or debate one another?"
Tuesday -- Begin Things They Carried; read "The Things They Carried"Wednesday -- Prep Socratic on "Speaking of Courage" -- actively read the passage, and consider questions on the backside of the handout!Thursday -- Finish "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"Friday -- Read "Field Stories," complete reading guide -- due WEDNESDAYWeek of October 17Monday -- Select Paper topicTuesday -- Bring in resource for paperWednesday -- work on paperThursday -- Bring two "pieces" to classFriday -- continue working on paper -- draft due Tuesday
- Rubric (slight changes will be made to suit the purpose of our assignment -- this will be available ASAP)
- Writing Rubric
Week of October 10Tuesday-Wednesday -- Gandhi reading (from Hind Swaraj)Thursday -- Relevance of The Visit paragraphFriday -- post resource to GoogleDocWeek of October 2Monday -- Read through page 81 of The VisitTuesday -- Finish The VisitWednesday -- The Visit Review QuestionsThursday -- continue researchFriday -- Nonviolence readings: Actively read, thinking about what you agree/disagree with, questions you have, and application to both The Visit and life.
- Reading #1
- Reading #2
Week of September 26Tuesday -- Finish Act 2 for FridayWednesday -- No HW! (Holiday)Friday -- study for spelling quiz; Complete topic declaration (and add your topic to the chart on GoogleDocs)AB spelling list.docWeek of September 19Monday -- Discuss Community in two places (due Tuesday!):
- On Message Board -- Link to Message Board
- On wiki -- Thoughts on Community EQs Wiki -- NOTE: I recently discovered that you have to click JOIN in the top right corner in order to edit the page. This is apparently to protect our site, so when it goes viral and is popular all over the world, only select members can edit the page. Thanks :)
Tuesday -- Work on Senior EssayWednesday -- Work on Senior Essay
Thursday -- Senior Essay due!
Week 3: September 12Monday Night -- work on Senior reflective essayTuesday Night -- Senior reflective essay due! / Community brainstormWednesday Night -- Senior reflective essay due! / Community brainstorm
- Link to Unique First Lines of College Essays
- UC prompts + rubric.doc -- Another resource from friend who teaches seniors in California
Thursday Night -- community prewriteFriday Night -- Discuss Community in two places (due Tuesday!):Week 2: September 6-9
Journal #1 and Rubric Due Monday, September 19
Wednesday, August 313 Paragraphs About You -- Everyone should complete this, if they have not already